How many women have watched a man stumble along, clumsy as an ox, when she could tell him how the job is done in the snap of a finger?
It seems like a man never listens, not to the smarter sex, anyway.
It was no different in Jesus’ time. When he arose from the dead, he showed himself to a woman first, because he knew his disciples didn’t have the faith to easily believe in something so miraculous.
Turn to Mark 16:8-11. As any normal humans would be, the three women who first went to the tomb were devastated to find Jesus’ body gone. Speaking with an angel must have been enthralling, but once the wonder faded, they surely considered the possibility they would be accused of stealing the body. At first they vowed they would say nothing. However, the presence of Jesus soon changed that.
Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene. She worshipped him in a way no man could. He had cast seven devils out of her, and her belief in his rebirth was seven times as powerful as those for whom he had done less.
In her state of rapture, she ran to find the disciples, only to discover them crying and weeping. They thought he was still dead, in spite of all the miracles they had seen him do. They did not have Mary’s faith. When she told them she had seen the Master, they scoffed with unbelief.
Isn’t that like a man? A woman brings him good news, and he is so wrapped up in himself that he dismisses her out of hand. However, even as the men derided Mary’s words as idle tales, she held onto what she knew was a fact beyond compare. She had spoken with her risen Lord, and he lived once again.
Jesus was well aware of what he was doing when he spoke to Mary Magdalene first. He knew it would take a woman to truly believe in his divine resurrection. It would take her unwavering faith to convince those around her.
It is our faith, not our words or deeds, which draws Jesus unto us.
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